New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-02
CONVENTION GOSSIP.
TALK AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC 1EAp,,

CONTENTION GOSSIP,
TALK AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC LEADHRa
sxcnxrARY WHITNEY AND rAMxANr HAtr-c,-.
| mo DOWN rH1 LABOR voTK-No PRRsox.r'
| yEELINo FOR CLEVELAND.
One Of the best informed men In local polies ~ -
Saratoga that Secretary whitney had been quietly ~
Ing for time to obtain control Of Tammsuy Han -
he already had control Of the County DemocrsoH ~
politician believed hs had succeeded. and hsrsos ~
moro powsrin the local organizations Of tie Dsmoer,
when he chose to use it, than any other one man.
This naturally brought up the question, what h -.
Cd to do with IL This wasn't quito % clear n ~.
hardly BE- that Mr.. Whitney IL induigns In daydrss.
OF the Presidency just now although 70 close frsaA :
ex-Mayor Wekham has publicly declared that the 49,
tary would be stronger than either Cleveland Or IN,
next year. Perhaps he thinks opportunity nay 49,
to contest the nomination for Gevernor next yaar t
Mr. HILL Judge Folger was willing to leave The Tt.s.
ury for tho Governors chair the Navy Dspsrm.,s
Il much smaller plum to drop than the Treasury nut
| IN any event. the calendar won't and with 1854 ~
whitney young ambitious and rieh, and 10 douhtae
thinks large assortment Of grips avery useful IN
to have
No doubt Mr. whitnsy's work has been 49,,
because Of tho lack of any really streng lssdsr, n
the local Democracy Death has been very hard On -
country ct large. The two recent conventions ver n
marked contrast In this respect There were plenty =
Brgsder Generals and good enss, In The RspuhlAna
convention. The Democratic convention vas run m
High Prvates most Of whom didn't know tho afst thns
about tactics.
understood that friends Ana o.
valuable consolation In their failure TO get the state On
mittss They will not be responsible for the result IL
campaign II the Democratic ticket u beaten the Csv>
land machine" will have 10 bear the blams And uaay
Of the be ct informed Hill doubtful Of suoe>
IN private e. they pretend IN public to be sure Of II
It was amusing to talk with the Democratic politicians
about the Labor vote Their anxiety to show thai Q
much larger share oft would from tho Rspuhis
than supposed. plainly greater than their sa
ndencs Senator Newbsd Of the frank snss ~
said It utterly impossible to form any Idea Of ~
total vote. In Poughkeepse, tho labor organissssas
were acting In secret their meeting being announced By
mysterious chalk-marks the sidewalks Outsides
were completely In tho dark TO their strength and
movements. The Senator Is goodlooking maa-lsoks
like Republican In fact.
General Peter O. Doyle predicted that tho Labor vs
In NswYork City would fall much below that Of las1
year. Tho main reason he gave the changed rel&
tons Of Dr. MoGynu and tho Roman Catholic Church
Last year the Doctor the priest OF OF the mos
popular and conspicuous churches in the city. sad
the George movement thus seemed to have In way the
sanction Of tho Church Now ell that IL changed Cen
ers Doyle said didn't think there would 10 thsa
500 Labor votes In Buffalo This will DO an Interesting
prediction to rememberin November
Mr.. Haton. Of Tho Brooklyn Standard Union, whs
hand Republican Journalist says there viii
be at least 600 votes for George In Kings County
at least $4,000" he repeated. emphatoally
Mr. Haton was Albany correspondent
few years ago. and is now working hard and with grat
flying success, to build up Republican evening paper b
. good aeld Mr.. Haton knows the whole Of his baA-
moss. and make stereotypeplate with the best q
his men.
E. Prentiss Bailey the gray bearded Editor and ownse
Of The Utica Observer postmaster by the grace OF Grover
Cleveland and president Of the State Press says thai
there ouy eleven George In Utica. aud they
all Republicans Mr. Bailey may have been too busy -
postmaster etc. to inform himself fully on this point
There win be heavy Labor vote In Rochester This
Is the homo Of Dennis Fesly the Labor candidate for
Attorney General who has been prominent In the Irish
agitation and very popular This Is the statement Of
Q Dsmocr attic member OF the Legislature
Perhaps the mos. candid this subject ct the
late convention "Our people will try to mako yen think
the Labor vote going to DO light Don't you believe
word OF It It Is going to be largo vote. They are
scared"
Tho bestdressed in the convention was young lf
Gibbons, the Subway Commissioner. Mr.. Gibbons wore
gloves much Of the time and CATERS always, while fair
proportion Of the delegates won't to bed with their boots
on. he has deep voice and rosy complexion and
always well informed about tho movements Of Roswell
p. Flower.
One Of the bright young about the coavsutsa
was Colonel william G. Rice. Governor Hrs SECRETARY
He has bright eye is intelligent and ~ discreet -
"Dan" Lamont though not so much OF politician 10
has an erect carriage which might easily be mistakes f
Q military air This is remarkable thing In on Albany
Colonel Mr. Rice Of the devoted young fris.ss
OF E. x. Apgar.
Apgars death Is often spoken of with keen regret By
the younger element In the party He was man OF de
and a. full Of courage Is terrier, and ate. drank
thought and slept nothing but Democracy. He had %
other family and no other life. He was not man whs
could ever have made great figure himself before me
public but be fed the leaders minds with ideas ana
in this way bis influence was great CuriousV
enough ono OF his friends said he believed that Apgx
had lived Governor Hill would not have been rsnouf
mated Tho party was in just that waverfsg state
mind whom strong impulse against Hill such - Apsk
could have given With candidate Ike Aprsm g. HswW
might easily have swept the dsd. Apxsr Is dead; pu'
Abram 8. Hewitt still lives.
Buffalo sent two clever young men to the convention:
Mr. Bissell, who presented Charles +. Tabers name
the convention Erie delegation looked Ike DOE
but spoke with excellent eneos o. G. Warren who vsH
upon the Republican State Committee from that district
oannot be much older.
Boss Bis,el, a. they are beginning to cali him. ha
stout man. with big, nabby beardless face His rsae
eat weight is In his shadow which bears startins
semblancs to the ample outlines Of Grover Cevelana
The lack Of anything ike purely personal feeling ~
Cleveland Is extraordinary. But that need not pre'e
his renomiuation. When Mr.. Dorsneimsr In 1870 ~
the resolution to the Utica Convention plsdgng the ~
onty votes of New-York 10 Tlden, tho boys we""
sulisn that there was not hsndclap. not cheer.
Hiram Calkins was ut the Convention
has an "insids" knowledge OF politics
legislation for tho past thirty years ~
bly, surpassed BY that Of few men In the -
Calkns has many picturesque stories TO toll OF vs.
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